Searcher articles from April 2002

Searcher archives from April 2002

Liars, Inc. (Searcher's Voice).(Column)
April 1, 2002... The other day I got a call from some liars. No, not the usual liars, not telemarketers. Actually, those liars still call all too regularly, but my sales resistance must be wearing them down, because now they've gotten computers to conduct the...

"Un-same" data: Using analysts reports for hard-to-find public company data. (Web Wise Ways).
April 1, 2002... Authors Note: Northern Light recently sold its assets to divine, which has partnered with Yahoo! to open access to premium content. [See Newsbreaks, http://www.infotoday.com/news breaks/nb020128-1.htm for details.] The Northern Light Special...

Homework help on the Web. (Internet Express).
April 1, 2002... Where I work, in the affluent community of San Marino, California, homework isn't so much a learning tool for students as it is a competitive sport for their parents. When the library doors open at 11 a.m., I am often confronted by svelte...

We are not alone: Spain and spyware. (Tools of the Trade).(spam and spyware)(Column)
April 1, 2002... Everybody loves me, yes they do. The World Wide Web tells me so. This icing on the Internet cake is constantly attempting to help me find my niche and improve my life. The techniques my new best friends employmay seem just a little pushy, but...

Books in the Web Library.(includes E-Text Collections and Catalogs on the World Wide Web)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... How much time do you calculate people spend reading? Well, how many books do you read each year? How many books could or would you read if you had no financial or temporal constraints and could devote as much time as you desired to your...

Mapping the information landscape.(Column)
April 1, 2002... My first rule of information, as noted in a previous article ["My Rules of Information," Searcher, January 2002], is, "Go where it is." The reason librarians can do this stems from the mental maps we create of where information is to be found....

Working virtually.
April 1, 2002... The September 11th tragedy left some employers across the country facing more and more employees who wanted to work out of the office. Companies in the metropolitan New York area were forced to send employees home or to other sites to continue...

Thinking about reference linking.
April 1, 2002... The very nature of scholarly research has fundamentally changed with the increased availability of reference or citation linking. With the ubiquity of the Web, it seems natural to users and information professionals alike that they be able to...

Library outsourcing: A new look. (The Sidebar).
April 1, 2002... The feds started it in the '80s with privatization. In the mid-and late-'90s a number of private organizations began to outsource their library staff functions (1). Most are still using their outsourcing agencies. What happened? Why? Is...

Academic entrepreneurship: The HBS Library takes a lesson from the school it serves. (Leading Libraries).(Harvard Business School)
April 1, 2002... In 1998, Tom Michalak, executive director of the Baker Library at the Harvard Business School (HBS), received a call from an HBS alumni inquiring as to whether online access to the school's very extensive resources was available to help him on...

The cutting-edge information professional: Interview with Peter Scott. (Webmastery).(Interview)
April 1, 2002... By the time you've finished reading this interview with Peter Scott, you'll have had to ask yourself, "When does he sleep?" Peter is a true Internet pioneer and, apparently, has not slept for a long time. If you were around in the pre-Web...